rough
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
[edit] Pronunciation
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- IPA: /ɹʌf/
[edit] Adjective
rough (comparative rougher, superlative roughest)
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- Having a texture that has much friction. Not smooth; uneven.
- Approximate.
- A rough estimate.
- Turbulent.
- The sea was rough.
- Difficult; trying.
- Being a teenager these days can be rough.
- Crude; unrefined
- His manners are a bit rough, but he means well.
- Violent; not careful or subtle
- This box has been through some rough handling.
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[edit] Translations
not smooth
approximate
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turbulent
crude
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[edit] Noun
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rough (plural roughs)
- The unmowed part of a golf course.
- A crude person.
- (cricket) A scuffed and roughened area of the pitch, where the bowler's feet fall, used as a target by spin bowlers because of its unpredictable bounce.
[edit] Translations
unmowed part of golf-course
[edit] Verb
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to rough (third-person singular simple present roughs, present participle roughing, simple past and past participle roughed)
- To create in an approximate form.
- Rough in the shape first, then polish the details.
- To physically assault someone in retribution for something specific.
- The gangsters roughed him up a little.